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Unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect with parachute valve
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sejong Heart Institute, Sejong General Hospital, Puchon City, South Korea. woonghan@thrunet.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 28, 2000
Abstract:
A 5-month-old male patient presented with right-dominant unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect and left-sided parachute valve, and underwent successful biventricular repair. Because of the presence of a small left ventricle, left atrium, and a single left papillary muscle, an additional orifice was created in the left-sided atrioventricular valve with artificial partitioning of the right-sided atrioventricular valve. There was no evidence of mitral stenosis or regurgitation on follow-up echocardiography.